Detachment Duty Rosters
SP5
33F
175th RR Company Vietnam
3/68 - 8/70
USASATC&S Fort Devens, MA
3/67 - 3/68
Last 6 or 7 months with 175th at Bien Hoa was spent on Con Son Island. We moved Det 2 from Nui Dat near Vung Tau to Con Son around February or March of 1970. We loaded everything up on a Navy landing craft in Vung Tau and they dropped us off on the beach at Con Son about 24 hours later. The landing craft was operated by Philippine contractors for the U.S. Navy.The U.S. Coast Guard was on the beach to greet us. The CG ran a Loran station on another part of the Island. The Navy also had a two person radar station on a high spot on the island. Although I was a 33B and 33F I filled the 33D slot as an OJT und er the previous repairman. We were both licensed amateur radio operators so Hq thought that he could relay the proper lingo to me. He rotated out in a week and I spent the next 6 months (approx) and managed to keep the site running and calibrated. It was a AN/TRD 23 site if I remember the nomenclature right. The names I remember are SFC Harry I. Miller our NCOIC, Larry (Colorado) Harlin, Bulldog, and Chief. Two house boys; one named Shotgun and the other named Lam. They were both VC or political prisoners on the island and Lam was actually a Cambodian. That's enough memories for this 65 year old retiree. I had better stand down for now before I go and re-up. ASA....ALL The Way
Categories: CONUS, Bien_Hoa, Vietnam